U.S., Identification Card Files of Prohibition Agents, 1920-1925

With the enactment of the Volstead Act in 1920, Prohibition agents were called upon to do the often unpopular work of enforcing the law, which included shutting down speakeasies and stills and intercepting shipments of bootleg alcoholic beverages.

If you determine that your ancestor was a Prohibition agent, check our online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper during that period. Agents often made the news for raids and arrests. You can also use the Browse feature on the Newspapers.com website, which will return snippets of articles of likely interest.

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